# Fractures at Riekes Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2019099938` · 9/23/2019 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Tires, except bike
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Riekes Equipment Company
- **Location:** Russell Street and I29 Off-Ramp, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57198
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a trailer truck when it lost a tire. The employee left the vehicle and was trying to stop the tire from rolling into oncoming traffic when his right foot got caught in its rim. He fell on his left knee, suffering a fracture to the left leg.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*